Naomi Cahn, Esq.
University of Virginia School of Law https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/nrc8g/2915359
About The Lecturer
Naomi Cahn is a co-author of casebooks in both family law and trusts and estates, and she has written numerous articles exploring the intersections among family law, trusts and estates, and feminist theory, as well as essays concerning the connections between gender and international law. In addition, she is the author or editor of books written for both academic and trade publishers. She has written Red Families v. Blue Families (Oxford University Press, 2010); Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family (Oxford University Press, 2014), both with June Carbone and Fair Shake: Women’s Fight for a Just Economy (Simon & Schuster, 2014) (with June Carbone and Nancy Levit).
Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets, and she is also a senior contributor to the Forbes Leadership Channel, for which she regularly writes posts on gender equity.
In 2017, Cahn won the Harry Krause Lifetime Achievement in Family Law Award from the University of Illinois College of Law. She serves on the editorial board of the Family Court Review. In addition, she has chaired and been on the steering committee for some of the major Association of American Law Schools sections, such as Women in Legal Education, Family & Juvenile Law, Aging and Africa. From 2002-04, Cahn researched gender-based violence while on leave and living in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Prior to joining the faculty at GW Law, Cahn practiced with Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., and with Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
Practice Area(s)
Employment Law
Corporate & Securities
Family Law
Wills, Trusts, & Estates
Publications
Red Families v. Blue Families (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family (Oxford University Press, 2014)
Women’s Fight for a Just Economy (Simon & Schuster, 2014)
Education
J.D., Princeton University
